Monday, December 3, 2007 The caretaker prime minister of Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt, reappeared on the political stage today as he accepted the royal request to suggest solutions to the ongoing federal government formation talks. Recollecting his statement to the press on June 10, 2007, when he recognised his electoral loss and the victory of his […]
Wikinews Shorts: December 20, 2008
A compilation of brief news reports for Saturday, December 20, 2008. The United States government has announced that it will give US$17.4 billion in loans to help three of the nation’s automobile makers – Chrysler, General Motors, and Ford – avoid bankruptcy. The money will be taken from the $700 billion bailout package originally intended to […]
Italy initiates €1.5million social media campaign to discourage migrants
Sunday, July 31, 2016 The Italian Interior Ministry has collaborated with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to produce an on- and offline media campaign aimed at discouraging refugees from entering Europe. The campaign, titled “Aware Migrants”, was launched Thursday, exposing high levels of violence and danger in transit, and discouraging migrants from attempting passage […]
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Tropical Storm Danny to threaten the U.S. East Coast this weekend
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) has declared an area of disturbed weather north of Puerto Rico Tropical Storm Danny today, skipping the tropical depression stage. A statement by the NHC said “a general northwestward motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected today and Thursday, with a turn toward […]
Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/AL-KY
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It […]
Suspect in Kenosha, Wisconsin protester killings released from jail on US$2 million bond
Sunday, November 22, 2020 Kyle Rittenhouse, the suspect in a shooting of protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States that left two people dead, was released from a Wisconsin jail Friday after his lawyers posted US$2 million bond. His lawyers had reportedly set up a drive to collect donations for the defendant. His sister made public […]
Consulting A Divorce Attorney In Williston, Nd About Extreme Cruelty In Your Marriage
Here’s An Opinion On: Live Sound Production Courses Sydney byAlma Abell In North Dakota, extreme cruelty is identified as fault-based grounds in divorce proceedings. It indicates several possible occurrences linked to excessive abuse. The intentions of these acts are to create a disturbance of peace of mind, sanity or happiness of either party. They are […]
Google removes German BMW from search results
Monday, February 6, 2006 The search engine Google announced the removal of the official German BMW web site from its search results today. Google is reported to have removed the website due to the use of a trick to raise its website ratings in the search engine’s results. The online version of Forbes magazine reported […]
4-year-old boy killed by dog in Liverpool, England
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 A four-year-old boy has been killed by a dog in the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. The child has been identified as John Paul Massey. The animal belonged to his uncle. The boy’s 63-year-old grandmother Helen Foulkes tried to protect the boy but ended up getting bitten by the dog […]